Govt to use surplus rice to make hand-sanitiser

April 20, 2020 21:21

The government on Monday allowed use of surplus rice available with Food Corporation of India in making of hand-sanitiser, and blending with petrol at a meeting of the National Biofuel Coordination Committee chaired by Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

At the meeting of NBCC, it was approved that the surplus rice available with FCI could be converted into ethanol for utilization in making alcohol-based hand-sanitizers and ethanol-blended petrol, an official statement said.

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